Tube and instrument holder



June 7, 1949. w. c. ARTLEY TUBE AND INSTRUMENT HOLDER Filed Feb. 6, 1947Patented June 7, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT 4 Claims.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a bracket for theshelf of a bath room cabinet or like that is capable of holding andsupporting a tube of material such as tooth paste or shaving cream anda. manually operated instrument such as a tooth brush or razor.

A further object of my invention is to provide a tube and instrumentholder for shelves that may be easily and quickly secured to or removedfrom a shelf.

A still further object of. this invention is to provide a tube andinstrument support for bath room cabinet shelves or like that not onlyconserves space within the cabinet, but holds the tube and instrument insuch a position that they are easily seen and capable of being quicklyremoved or replaced.

Still further objects of this invention are to provide a tube andinstrument holder that is of few parts, durable in use, economical inmanufacture, and refined in appearance.

These and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combinationof the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated areattained as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claimsand illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my device showing a supporting shelf indotted lines and a tube and tooth brush in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a side view of my device and more fully illustrates itsconstruction.

Fig. 3 is a back view of the device showing its construction of threeparts.

Most bath room cabinets are crowded with toilet and other articles.Tubes, safety razors, tooth brushes, and like are laid on the shelveswith the many other items and are usually hard to find. I have overcomesuch objections by providing a bracket that is suspended below one ofthe shelves that provides an accessible place for a tube and instrumentsuch as a tooth brush or safety razor. If desired, two or more of mydevices may be used in a single bath room cabinet, i. e., one can beused to hold and support a tube of tooth paste and a tooth brush andanother one may be used to hold and support a tube of shaving cream anda safety razor.

Referring to the drawings, I have used the numeral ID to designate ashelf. The numeral l l designates a vertical base plate having its lowerend portion curved downwardly and outwardly and then outwardly andupwardly, as shown in Fig. 2. curved} portion is des ignatedby thenumeral !2 and has a centrally located cut-out portion; 13, as shown inFiga 1. This curved portion I2 is designed ta receive and. support atube of material. It and the-cut-away portion l3 permits the entranceof' the. thumb. or finger of the user to facilitate the removal orreplacement of the tube onthispcrtionwof the device. The numerals l5 andI 6? designate. two spaced apart strap members secured to the back ofthe member H by riveting soldering, spot welding-or like. The lower endsof each of 'thesemembers I5 and I6 extend substantially below the bottomplane of the member H and are curved first downwardly and outwardly andthen outwardly and upwardly, as shown in Fig. 1, to provide two hookportions I! for supporting a tooth brush, razor, or like [8. The upperends of each of the members l5 and I6 are bent outwardly directly abovethe upper edge of the member II. From a horizontal plane these upperportions of the members I5 and I6 are then bent upwardly, then forwardlyand downwardly, and then at their extreme ends forwardly and upwardly toform spring hook members 19. These two spring hook portions [9 of thedevice are designed to clamp onto a shelf ID, as shown in Fig. 2, forsupporting the main portion of the device directly below the shelf. Itwill be noted that the free ends of the portions [9 do not extendforwardly to the vertical forward plane of the device, but terminate asubstantial distance therefrom. This feature of the free end portions ofthe portions [9 engaging the top of the shelf at points substantiallymidway of their horizontal portions that engage the bottom of the shelfis most important, as by such construction the device will not rock onthe shelf after it has been placed on the same. Obviously, if the upperfree end portions of the portions I9 did extend forwardly to the forwardvertical plane of the device the two contact points above and below theshelf would be substantially that of the forward vertical plane of thedevice and it would rock on the shelf.

To attach my device to a shelf it is merely necessary to slip theportions l9 onto the outer edge portion of a shelf Ill. The device maybe as easily and quickly removed if desired. With my device sopositioned on a shelf it provides a convenient place to lay a tube M orinstrument T8. In such positions these daily usable items will be easilyobtainable and will never be lost and hard to find among the many otheritems kept in the cabinet. To give greater strength to the spring clipportions l9 they have a width substantially greater than the width ofthe portions H, as shown in Fig. 3. The portion I2 is substantiallylarger than the portion I! in order to accommodate a tube of substantialproportions. The size of the portions I1 is relatively small to take theshank of a tooth brush, razor, or the like.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangementof myimproved tube and instrument. holder without departing from the realspirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover bymy claims any modified forms of structure or use of mechanicalequivalents which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, a base member having its lowerfree end portion bent outwardly to provide a shelf, and two elongatedmembers spaced apart and secured to the back of said base member; saidlast two members having their lower end portions curved outwardly belowsaid first-mentioned member and their upper end portions bent over thetop of said firstmentioned member and then back upon themselves to formshelf engaging members.

2. In a device of the class described, a member having its lower endportion bent into a supporting shelf, and an elongated member secured tosaid first-mentioned member having its lower end bent into a hookportion and its upper end bent first horizontally and then back uponitself to form a shelf contacting clip.

3. In a device of the class described, a vertical base portion havingits lower end portion split and curved, two spaced apart elongatedmembers secured to the back of said first-mentioned member each havingits lower free and extending below said first-mentioned member andcurved and its upper free end portion extending above saidfirst-mentioned member and bent first outwardly, then upwardly and thenforwardly and downwardly.

4. In a tube and instrument holder, a vertical portion having its lowerend bent into a curved supporting shelf, a cut-away portion in thecenter of the resultant supporting shelf, a hooked por tion below saidshelf, and a portion above said vertical portion bent first outwardly,then upwardly and then forwardly and downwardly.

WAYNE C. ARTLEY.

REFERENCES CITED The following referenlces are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 435,173 Forbes Aug. 26, 18901,108,043 Weder et al Aug. 18, 1914 1,291,349 Ackers Jan. 14, 19191,530,180 Holmes Mar. 17, 1925 1,747,590 McCorkindale Feb. 18, 19301,823,153 Levy Sept. 15, 1931

